The end of Gothic Chess?

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Saturday, November 8. 2008

Posted by Filip Rachunek in BrainKing News and Events at 09:39 | Comments (19) | Trackbacks (0)

I am sure that BrainKing users who had been with us since 2003 remember the buzz about a chess variant called Gothic Chess. Actually, there is a short note at BrainKing history section which describes the circumstances. Given the information I was presented yesterday, I am twice more glad that we never made any kind of contract with that person.

All right, does anybody want to read more? Since I spent more than 1 hour studying all available information and it was even worth interrupting my World of Warcraft session, take it as a proof that it is really interesting.

Please start with the following articles:

Labate Wins $21.2M Suit vs Ed Trice
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Please don't get me wrong - the point of this blog entry is not to start a vendetta or take a revenge, since BrainKing had not suffered any loss, regarding past events. However, I feel a little guilty because I remember how I had promoted gothic chess and all propaganda around in back in 2003 and 2004, when I had believed that it was a respectable project, so let it be a warning to all possible future victims of the master deceiver. Is it a coincidence that someone starts to negotiate with BrainKing just when he faces a backrupcy caused by nonpayment of a mortgage? Is it normal that someone attempts to trick people by selling a land what he simply cannot own? (Please compare the design and text style with http://gothicchess.com.) Is it natural that someone requests to take a site offline when the site owner reveals proofs of the respective person being a liar? (Especially this event is very similar to the past affair of gothicchess.org domain, formerly owned by myself!) Etc., etc., etc.

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The bottom line: I don't want to make a definitive conclusion, so I leave it to everyone's verdict. And let's see if I receive an order to take this site offline as well.

I have my own story to reveal.

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Very interesting, I remember it well.
Well Filip, all I will say is you made the right decision

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#1 madmonkey on 2008-11-08 12:19 (Reply)

Thank you Ian.

I am glad that I resisted all threats. Mostly thanks to my friend-lawyer who ensured me that I could throw all "lawsuits" and "orders" directly to a trash bin.

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#1.1 Filip Rachunek on 2008-11-08 12:22 (Reply)

if Ed Trice is broke how can he pay the 21.2 million dollars awarded....

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#1.2 Bernice on 2008-11-09 02:21 (Reply)

If he is really broke, he can hardly pay so much. But he should not be able to start another business and if he still owns something, it would be confiscated.
Or at least I think so. I am not sure how it works in USA.

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#1.2.1 Filip Rachunek on 2008-11-10 08:53 (Reply)

Hmmmm, I am disappointed. More than 12 hours after posting this entry and still no threatening emails? Looks like Ed Trice is really in a big trouble.

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#2 Filip Rachunek on 2008-11-08 23:24 (Reply)

LOL, many of us who have been around since then knew he was a jerk and couldn't be trusted. I'm sure I'm not the only BK user who got silly threats from him too. He deserves whatever he gets. Thanks for the update!

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#3 rod03801 on 2008-11-08 23:37 (Reply)

Shame, too. His uncle (Walter Trice) is a nice enough guy and one hell of a backgammon player.

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#3.1 Rex Nihilo on 2008-11-09 17:55 (Reply)

I see that they're giving away gothicchess.com. Kashapa and I were considering it, but declined because we remembered all the shit from that time. Ed was a dick, and we were wondering what he was trying to pull. Looks like something to stay away from.

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#4 Rex Nihilo on 2008-11-09 17:52 (Reply)

Hmmm, I see no way how to make anything out of that domain. Or did you consider to promote Gothic Chess yourselves?

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#4.1 Filip Rachunek on 2008-11-10 08:55 (Reply)

We were considering promoting it ourselves, but I was a bit wary that he might come back later and try to pull the same shit that he tried on you, and even moreso now that he's in the shits. You had little to fear with BK being a foreign entity, but there's plenty of loopholes for criminals to start corportations over here.

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#4.1.1 Rex Nihilo on 2008-11-10 20:50 (Reply)

I understand. But his patent expired 2 years ago, so you can do anything with gothic chess and nobody can sue you for that.

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#4.1.1.1 Filip Rachunek on 2008-11-10 22:36 (Reply)

You can do anything with it hmmmmmmmm

Really, have you thought about taking it back Filip ??

That really would be the icing on the cake

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#4.1.1.1.1 madmonkey on 2008-11-15 19:59 (Reply)

Actually, I don't want to. And I have already deleted the source code containing this game model class.

There are many other (and usually more interesting) chess variants available.

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#4.1.1.1.1.1 Filip Rachunek on 2008-11-15 20:04 (Reply)

We have not had a new Chess variant in a while, any thoughts about one ? I may have a look about and see what i can find lol

On a similar note, this new game (ssshhhh) you mentioned a couple of weeks back. If you need a good tester, i am here lol

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#4.1.1.1.1.1.1 madmonkey on 2008-11-15 21:15 (Reply)

Something like a chess variant (but it is more like a mix of halma and checkers) will be released soon. Or at least that's the plan.

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#4.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Filip Rachunek on 2008-11-16 09:54 (Reply)

Thats would be good

Some things here i found yesterday that may be of interest

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/35939 - MindGammon - almost brand new, and i do not know about copyrights.

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4902021.html - Dice Checkers - i can find little on this, but its a 12x12 board(i think). I was thinking more a normal board, and 2 sets of 6 pieces each, numbered 1 to 6. I will work on that.

http://www.angelfire.com/games2/warpspawn/Gochess.html - GoChess - another i can fin little on and i think it is where he got the idea of Cheversi - looks good

All 3 seem pretty good, and GoChess, the basic code is already there lol

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#4.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 madmonkey on 2008-11-16 11:28 (Reply)

Yes, it would be nice to have more detailed rules for these games. I've just had a quick look at MindGammon but I am not sure if I understand this game at all.

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#4.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Filip Rachunek on 2008-11-16 14:30 (Reply)

There is a complete rule video of Mindgammon at link below

http://mindgammoninc.com/rules.html

You can also play online now at same site.

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#4.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2 christian bailey (Homepage) on 2008-12-05 04:11 (Reply)

Gothic Chess Patent expired in November 2006 for failure to pay Patent Maintenance fees ....... check with USPTO .... free search of his Patent Number .

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#5 KarL Erikson on 2009-01-31 03:46 (Reply)

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